Mr. Lonnie G. Cooper and his Granddaughter holding the
20 year service award!

Mr. Lonnie G. Cooper, official Cooperative Weather Observer at Melbourne, Arkansas, was recently awarded the United States Government 20 year emblem and letter of appreciation from the Department of Commerce for his outstanding contribution to the field of meteorology. Mr. Cooper's daily weather reports have been extremely helpful and accurate during the past 20 years. He has been instrumental in observing severe weather and reporting the activity to the National Weather Service at Little Rock, Arkansas.

At the end of each month the precipitation measurements are mailed to the environmental data service's National Climate Center in Asheville, N.C., where they are processed for computer storage and published in NOAA's Climatological Data to become a part of the permanent record of the world's weather.

Mr. Cooper is one of the many Cooperative Observers who help make our job at the National Weather Service more efficient! His dedication throughout the years has been a great service to the Nation and to our job of observing and recording the world's weather.

The National Weather Service Regional Office in Fort Worth, Texas join the Secretary of Commerce, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrator and the National Weather Service Director, in congratulating Mr. Cooper on this outstanding record of public service.